Hello fellow budget hunters (and travel addicts) The Sunshine Blogger Award 2018 This is so exciting as I got nominated for The Sunshine Blogger Award 2018 by the lovely Travel Lit! Linda and Kris, are a couple who ditched their 9 to 5 jobs and now live as digital nomads, travelling the world while working…
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Why visit the Elan Valley!
The Elan Valley, Rhayader, Powys! Hello fellow budget hunters, Today’s post is all about one of my favourite places. As a child we used to visit the Elan Valley all the time! I find it a very interesting place and I love how beautiful the area is! When we visited on Easter Monday, the place…
Good Friday Hike
Hello fellow budget hunters, Today I am going to tell you the story of our good Friday hikes. These were a tradition with my guide group, that we did every good Friday come rain or shine! I think in the end I did 7 consecutive Good Friday hikes. We used to meet at the fire…
A walk in the park
Hello fellow budget hunters As the sun is shining for the second time in two days, I decided to celebrate the arrival of spring with some images of a lovely spring walk I took yesterday. The snow may have been falling last week and during the last few months, but I think we are almost…
Girton Spring Ball 2018
Hello fellow budget hunters, I feel bad writing this post as I never went to Girton. I didn’t even go to Cambridge! BUT.. My boyfriend did and he is a Girtonian through and through. This Friday we went to their Spring ball (which felt like winter) and it was such an amazing experience. I have…
6 reasons you need to visit Bristol
Hello fellow budget hunters, Recently, I have been back to Bristol for the first time in many years, it is a city I love almost as much as Cardiff. We used to come here all the time when we were younger and it still feels the same. Bristol is known as the fun city, it…
The Donkey Incident
Hello fellow budget hunters Today’s post is another storytime. This one features a great throwback picture of me when I was 11 or 12 so let’s not be too mean!! The Story In the summer after my first year of high school, my parents decided to go on a staycation. We had looked at going…
My top 5 coffee shops in Cardiff
Hello fellow budget hunters This is going to be a post about the top 5 coffee shops I love in Cardiff. I will confess I have not been to all the coffee shops in the whole city – and there is no testing criteria! I will just be telling you my 5 favourite places to…
The Malvern Hills
Hello fellow budget hunters Today I am back on the storytelling drive. This happened in August last year, when my boyfriend came to visit me house sitting. Two of our friends came to stay with us, from London, so there was a lot of surprise over the rural area I live in. I only moved…
Visit Cardiff
Hello fellow budget hunters This is going to be another post in the staycation series I am currently doing! This one is a visit to South Wales and why you should come to my favourite places! If you want to visit a nice friendly city then Cardiff is you go to. It has a beautiful…